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ReviewNature reviews. Immunology2004

Immunity to fungal infections.

Luigina Romani

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Review in Nature reviews. Immunology, 2004. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 275 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
275citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

275 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Guideline
  2. Fungal Infections in Disorders of Inborn Errors of Immunity.Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology · 2026
    Review
  3. Review
  4. A review of the current anti-New microbes and new infections · 2026
    Review
  5. Fungal Infections in Pediatric Patients With Hematologic Malignancies and Stem Cell Transplantation: Impact on the Upper and Lower Respiratory Systems.The Canadian journal of infectious diseases & medical microbiology = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses et de la microbiologie medicale · 2026
    Review
  6. Homeostasis of Gut Microbiota Protects against Susceptibility to Fungal Pneumonia.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
    Article
  7. A promisingClinical and experimental vaccine research · 2025
    Review
  8. Article
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  10. Review
  11. Article
  12. Antifungal Innate Immunity.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2025
    Review
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  17. Review
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  19. Candidiasis in breast cancer: Tumor progression or not?Iranian journal of basic medical sciences · 2024
    Review
  20. Review

215 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Luigina RomaniDepartment of Experimental Medicine and Biochemical Sciences, Microbiology Section, University of Perugia, Via del Giochetto, 06122 Perugia, Italy. lromani@unipg.it

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The topic of immunity to fungal infections is of interest to a wide range of disciplines, from microbiology to immunology. It is of particular interest in terms of therapy of HIV-infected individuals, and patients with cancer or individuals who have received transplants. Understanding the nature and function of the immune response to fungi is an exciting challenge that might set the stage for new approaches to the treatment of fungal diseases, from immunotherapy to vaccines. The past decade has witnessed the development of a wide range of new approaches to elucidate events that occur at the host-fungus interface.

Indexed as

Immunity, InnateAnimalsDendritic CellsFungiHumansMembrane GlycoproteinsMycosesReceptors, Cell SurfaceSignal TransductionToll-Like ReceptorsMembrane GlycoproteinsReceptors, Cell SurfaceToll-Like Receptors

Identifiers

PMID14661066

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